Over
the past decade, Australia has been experiencing positive changes in
its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and increased employment opportunities.
There has also been greater demand for skilled foreign workers. In
order to facilitate employment of these workers, a Migration Plan
(General Skilled Migration) was enacted. This Plan allows foreigners to
work in Australia, providing that they have the skills immediately and
mostly needed by the country, and have the necessary qualifications and
work experience.

Work Requirement

Overseas
workers who desire to work in Australia must acquire a work visa before
entry into the country. They may receive a skilled migration visa if
they are skilled overseas worker, otherwise, they must have a
sponsored/nominated work visa if they are nominated or sponsored by a
state authority, a state government agency or an approved Australian
employer.

Growing Jobs in Australia

Information
gathered from a news network which reports on occupations which are
projected to experience the greatest growth in employment outlines the
following prospects:

Plumbers

Accountants

Personnel in Information Technology

Accountants

Registered Nurses (Mainly Geriatric)

Type of Workers Needed

Based
on information obtained from research conducted by the BBC news and
from government state websites in 2015, it was evident that some of
Australia’s skilled workers were needed in areas of Engineering,
Medicine and Information Technology. Further disaggregation of these
occupations into job titles are as follows:

This
country’s diverse economy has created an opportunity for both skilled
and unskilled workers to occupy positions not able to be filled by
Canadians. The leading industries found in Canada are as follows:

Agriculture

Energy

Technology

Health

Retail

Education

Automotive

Recently,
the government launched an application management system known as
Express Entry to improve the processing time for application of skilled
workers, which is expected to be six (6) months or less. The Programme
handles applications for three Federal Economic Immigration Programmes:
Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program and
Canadian Experience Class.

Canada
operates a Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) which allows
foreigners to work for a period less than a year in sectors of its
economy such as Agriculture. One of those programs is the Seasonal
Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). This allows farmers from
participating countries (Mexico and several Caribbean islands including
Jamaica) to work in primary agriculture in Canada’s provinces. The
maximum period of work for this Programme is set at eight (8) months.

Work Requirement

In
order to work in Canada, one must procure a work permit, otherwise the
individual may be required to have a temporary resident visa, along with
other necessary travel documents.

Growing Jobs

These are the jobs projected for the most growth over the next few years: